Kaitlin Jefferys Contributor

In Every Mirror She’s Black is a searing debut that explores classicism, sexism, racism, and the fetishization of black bodies. 

Grown is a powerful YA story that examines rape culture and the vulnerability of young black girls. 

Iron Widow is a dazzling blend of Chinese history, myth and mecha sci-fi. 

Against The Loveless World is an impactful and haunting story of love, friendship, survival and trauma. 

We Are Not Like Them is a thought-provoking novel that examines race and interracial friendship in present-day America. 

In Not Here To Be Liked, Michelle Quach puts a feminist twist on the classic YA rom-com.

White Smoke is a nail-biting YA psychological thriller and a modern take on the classic haunted house story. 

Six Crimson Cranes is a mesmerising retelling of the Grimm Brothers’ The Six Swans, with an East Asian folklore twist. 

Matrix is a mesmerising story, feminist to its core, about Marie de France and a twelfth-century nunnery. 

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is a tear-jerking story about an extraordinary and unlikely friendship between two terminally ill hospital patients. 

If I Had Your Face is an electrifying and compelling debut that exposes the class system in South Korea. 

The Rib King is a work of historical fiction, exploring the intersections between race, class, privilege, and exploitation.